Demographics of 2012 Baltimore homicides

Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun

[This data has been updated]

Each year, the Baltimore Police homicide section compiles statistics on city killings. Here's how some of the data break down:

Murders: 217Clearance rate (cases closed by arrest or administratively): 47.4 percentVictims injured in prior years who died this year: 7Cases from prior years closed this year (which counts toward this year's clearance rate, per FBI guidelines): 28